Category Archives: Business Tips

“Never forget that you only have one opportunity to make a first impression – with investors, with customers, with PR, and with marketing.” Natalie Massenet, Founder, Net-A-Porter and Member of the Order of the British Empire It’s a new year, a new quarter and you’ve got big goals for the year. You want to […]

“Talent wins games but teamwork and intelligence win championships.” –Anonymous We are deep in baseball season here in America, and that, of course, is a glorious thing. Great baseball teams have a way of bringing individual talents together toward a common goal. Successful coaches win by putting their most effective players in the best position […]

“You know you are in your Zone of Genius when your work is giving you energy rather than draining it.” –Noomi Melchior Natan Zone of Genius Perhaps you’ve heard of the Zone of Genius, perhaps not. But regardless, if you are a busy business owner, it’s all too likely that you’re not in it […]

Have you ever noticed how many different types of bridges there are? Beam bridges. Truss bridges. Arch bridges. Suspension bridges. They’re all different, and yet they all hold the same purpose: to take people from one place to another in a way that would be inconvenient or even impossible were the bridge not there. […]

“Hire people who are better than you are, then leave them to get on with it . . . Look for people who will aim for the remarkable, who will not settle for the routine.” – David Ogilvy, advertising executive Business owners are nearly always inherently talented and capable people. Few people fall into […]

After more than fifty years of playing together, you’d think the Rolling Stones would have everything down pat. They could go to any arena, sell it out, and at a moment’s notice, play “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction,” “Jumpin’ Jack Flash,” and “You Can’t Always Get What You Want,” without a hitch. What would you […]

Back in my days as an executive assistant, the last days of the year were a flurry of activity. There were end-of-year events to plan and juggle, client gifts to purchase and send, and vacations to work around and cover. The to-do list never ended. And yet, my best bosses always made time to get […]

Ever hear the one about the ants and the grasshopper? It goes a little something like this: One bright day in late autumn a family of Ants was bustling about in the warm sunshine, drying out the grain they had stored up during the summer, when a starving Grasshopper, his fiddle under his arm, came […]

“House poor. We’re house poor,” the wife said sadly as she declined yet another invitation from her friends to go on vacation. This wasn’t what she had bargained for a year earlier when she and her husband had, starry-eyed, bought their dream home. It had been an exciting day. “A home is a great investment!” […]

Nicole, wouldn’t it be cheaper if I just hired a virtual assistant myself? It’s a question I’ve heard a time or two. Or twenty. And it’s a question I honestly understand. I currently own this small business whose site you are on (thank you!). And for years, as an admin myself, I was involved with […]